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"Initiation" is the fifth episode of the third season of The Part and the 33rd overall. It was written past B.J. Novak and directed by Randall Einhorn. Information technology starting time aired on October 19, 2006.

Cold open

Dwight abruptly begins to quiz Ryan with brain teasers, but becomes frustrated and screams "Dammit!" when Ryan recites answers to the puzzles, many before the full question is asked.

Synopsis

Jan questions Michael's productivity and presses him on his accomplishments during the previous workday. Michael says he "worked, went home to his condo, and Ballad came over, and we had sex activity." Jan instructs Pam to log Michael'due south hourly activity "so we can clarify it at Corporate". Jan walks out of the office as Pam begins to protestation.

Dwight pesters Ryan about his excitement level for his first-ever sales call and informs the camera why he is so excited: Ryan has all the same to make an ally within the office, and Dwight hopes to steer him clear of being a "slacker-loser-wiseass like Jim" and draft him in the "Dwight army of champions." That afternoon, Dwight drives Ryan to a beet field, smirks to the cameraman in the backseat and tells Ryan "Your journey begins now."

At Dunder Mifflin Stamford, Karen is disturbed to detect her chair squeaks and accuses Jim of a chair swap. He protests that he only switched them back after she made the original switch. Karen promises to switch chairs while he'south away from his desk, then he vows non to stand and proves such by rolling to the re-create machine.

On a phone call, Michael imitates Bill Cosby: "I dear Clot-O puddin' pops. My son Theo loves puddin' pops, too." Pam shows the camera "Cosby Impression" for the ten:00 hr in the log.

Dwight asks Ryan to accept the beet seed from his palm. Ryan misses and Dwight asks him to try once again. Notwithstanding, Ryan is faster and takes the seed leaving Dwight in an awkward position. After that, The Banana Regional Managing director asks Ryan to plant the beet seed. Dwight says to the young salesman "just as you planted that seed, I shall plant my seed in you lot" to which the immature salesman says "I don't call back you know what you're saying." Dwight says the bad odor in the surface area is "called bull crap" and states that "clients can olfactory property it from a mile away". Dwight of a sudden announces he forgot something in his motorcar and runs toward the vehicle, gets in and speeds away.

A loudspeaker announces gratuitous soft pretzels being given abroad in the vestibule. Stanley and Michael immediately head for the door. In interviews, Stanley proclaims that pretzel twenty-four hour period is his favorite day of the year, Pam admits it is a large deal for some people and Michael says he cannot be productive when in that location is 1 thing in his brain which he just can't get out, especially when that one thing is soft pretzels.

A long pretzel line peeves Michael and he and Stanley rebuff Phyllis' endeavour to bound the line with Bob Vance of Vance Refrigeration; Stanley sees by his disdain for Michael and high-fives him. Pam asks Michael to utilise his time in line to authorize some checks, only he instead has her concord his place in line while he uses the restroom. She offers to brings him a pretzel if Michael returns to the function, only he explains that if she ordered his pretzel incorrectly "then ... this whole affair's blown." Shown to the camera, the productivity log now reads "Stood in Pretzel line" for the noon hour.

Angry Ryan walks lone upwardly a dirt road, muttering to himself. He knocks on a barn door, and Dwight jumps out: "Congratulations, resourceful salesman! Welcome to Schrute Farm!" Dwight then gives him his signature salute. Having passed Dwight's 2nd challenge, Ryan sits in a Victorian-era wheelchair and Dwight assures him to "Pay no attention to the spirits that haunt this hallowed ground!"

Dwight quizzes Ryan about Dunder Mifflin, the decease of company co-founder Robert Mifflin, the purpose of the DHARMA Initiative, and Michael'south greatest fear, to which Ryan answers, "Loneliness. Maybe women." Dwight responds, "Wrong. He's not afraid of anything. Also I would have accepted snakes."

Dwight later states that 1 cannot sell, if ane has fear. Suddenly, Mose appears with the discussion "Fear" on his shirt in tape, and Dwight tells Ryan as his final test he must wrestle Mose to the footing. Ryan calls Dwight a freak and storms out, despite Dwight'southward protests and instructions to get inside a coffin. Mose remarks "he seemed nice," and Dwight asks "Where are all the animals?"

At Stamford, Karen begins to continually squeak her chair. Jim chop-chop begins to sing the chorus of The Cardigans' "Lovefool", despite Karen's objections that it is an unfair retaliation and the song will be in her head all twenty-four hours. The camera pans to Andy, who is conducting and lip syncing along with Jim's vocals, out of sight. In an interview, Andy completes the song's chorus — "I don't intendance 'tour annihilation only you lot" — and ponders the whereabouts of the band. Eventually the squeaky chair gets passed to Andy when he isn't in the room.

Michael finally arrives at the front of the line and orders "The Works" — a sweet pretzel with all 18 sweetness toppings. Dorsum upstairs, he plays energetic music, and so suddenly emerges from his office and launches into a hyperactive, sugar-fueled oral communication filled with suggestions on improving office efficiency.

Within his Trans Am, Dwight catches up with Ryan equally he walks along the road, apologizes and displays gifts Mose sent, including fresh eggs, fatback bacon, and "something he whittled," which appears to exist a Venus of Willendorf figurine. After being pleaded with, Ryan gets in the car where Dwight explains that the lack of a friendship with Jim was the principal impetus for the initiation ceremony. Dwight then begins to requite Ryan sales-telephone call pointers which Ryan tries to memorize. His final communication is for Ryan to "K.I.Southward.S. — Proceed It Simple Stupid."

Michael sleeps face-downward on his desk. Jan phones for him, but Pam says he'southward on a sales call.

A dejected Ryan walks out of the sales phone call as Dwight tries to cheer him up. Ryan gripes that the potential client told him to his face up that they didn't like him. In retaliation, Ryan begins to throw Mose's eggs at the edifice and the parking sign. Surprised at Ryan's initiative, Dwight joins him, shouting "Oh no, no, no," until ii security guards come out, at which signal the pair skin out of the parking lot in Dwight'due south Firebird. They get to a bar and drink boilermakers, and as a result of the day's events, Dwight no longer calls Ryan "Temp" but instead uses his given name.

At the end of the piece of work day, Pam realizes that Michael'south antics helped him brand a large sale. Having forgotten Kevin's phone extension, Jim calls Dunder Mifflin's principal number, hoping to leave him a voicemail regarding a fantasy football upshot. Pam answers and says she's staying late because of her new consignment to chronicle Michael's work twenty-four hour period, a copy of which she promises to send to Jim. The pair bask a long chat about her tiny apartment and her scary solo motion-picture show night in which she rented 28 Days Later rather than 28 Days. They start to reconnect, but Ryan and Dwight, both exhausted, return to the role for a few seconds and she loudly says bye to the pair as they go out. Jim misconstrues the exclamation, and the pair hang upward.

A satiated Stanley remarks in an interview that in 364 days, information technology volition once again be Pretzel Day.

Deleted scenes

The Flavor Three DVD contains a number of deleted scenes.

Michael tells Jan that he can't keep an hourly log because sometimes he's in "the zone" and sometimes he's "zoning out." Jan, quietly aroused, tells Michael that his job is on the line. In a talking head interview, Pam explains: "It's like Mommy and Daddy are fighting. Except Mommy outranks Daddy. And Mommy is way scarier."
Dwight brings Ryan into Michael's function, telling Michael he will never be seeing the young employee again. "I am bringing this boy dwelling house a full-grown human being." Michael gives Ryan an uncomfortable hug, and Dwight tries to join in.
In a talking head interview, Pam explains that if they discover Ryan'southward trunk in a heavily-wooded area, Jim owes her $30. "It'southward an onetime bet."
Dwight takes Ryan to his locked car and tells Ryan that "the fundamental is within yous." Dwight produces the automobile key from Ryan's ear and looks to the camera, impressed with himself. He and so gives Ryan sales advice.
In a talking head interview, Ryan repeatedly reminds himself that Dwight is the top salesman at the visitor.
At the subcontract, Dwight tries to impart sales advice and produces a beet seed from Ryan's ear.
In a talking head interview, Ryan admits he learned a lot about beets.
Michael reads his daily log to the documentary crew. Pam tries to help Michael focus on work.
Ryan, abandoned in the beet field, tells the camera that just when he thinks he's hit stone lesser, "the floor opens up similar at a carnival ride," and he mimes falling down another level.
Dwight takes Ryan through a wooded area to the graves of his ancestors and discovers an empty tin. While Dwight shouts at 2 naked teenagers fleeing in the distance, Ryan mimes to the photographic camera falling down another level.
Stanley steals Kevin's pretzel.
In a talking head interview, Stanley lists the iv things he loves in his life.
Stanley and Michael consume their pretzels. Michael doesn't sympathize the clandestine to the pretzels. "They sense of taste so good in my mouth." Stanley adds, "That's what she said," and both of them crack up.

Additional deleted scenes are available on the NBC Web site:

Karen is dumbfounded that Jim didn't realize that the line "Bueller?" comes from the pic Ferris Bueller'south 24-hour interval Off. Andy adds, "Inquire me how bad I wanted to bone Jennifer Grey," and won't drop the subject. Sentinel the scene online
In a talking head interview, Dwight explains that Ryan is similar Ethan Hawke and he is "the African-American" from the movie Training Day. Picket the scene online

Connections to other episodes

In "Office Olympics", Dwight mentions that teenagers sometimes use the beet farm for sex.
Jan responds to Pam's "Howdy" with "I'1000 groovy." Spoiler: Jan makes a similar non-sequitur reply to Karen in "Cocktails".
After talking with Kelly, Angela angrily storms off, taking her water canteen but leaving her snacks behind. In "The Convention", Angela storms off after talking with Meredith, leaving her cereal behind.

Trivia

1 of the riddles Dwight poses to Ryan in the cold open up is nigh a male child involved in a car accident who is the son of the medico on phone call in the emergency room, and therefore cannot operate - even though his father was in the automobile and was also injured (the doctor is his mother). At the very end of the finale of the original BBC series, Tim (the character Jim is based on), along with Gareth ("Dwight"), is being asked this riddle past David Brent ("Michael") when Dawn ("Pam") returns to the party and kisses him for the first fourth dimension.
Dwight's knowledge of initiations is a superficial 1, based on watching movies and observing the initiation of others, whereas Ryan'southward understanding comes from having participated in i.
When Jim rolls his chair to the copy motorcar, there is a Stamford employee in the groundwork dressed just similar Jim who is chatting with the receptionist and playing with the candy bowl. This was intended to remind the viewers of the ongoing Jim/Pam human relationship.^[1] ^:xx:39
The xviii sweet pretzel toppings: sweet glaze, cinnamon sugar, chocolate, white chocolate, fudge, M&Ms, caramel dip, mint chip, chocolate chip, marshmallow, basics, toffee nuts, coconuts, peanut butter drizzle, Oreos, sprinkles, cotton fiber candy bits, and powdered saccharide.
The passage of time in the call betwixt Jim and Pam is conveyed subtly in various ways. At first, Pam talks continuing upwards. So she'due south sitting down. Jim is sitting upward in his seat, then later leans dorsum with his anxiety on the desk-bound, then sits upwardly over again. The sunday is shining when the phone call begins, only it is nighttime when the phone call ends.
During the phone call, Jim'south nameplate can be constitute on Andy'southward desk instead. (Maybe as payback for the squeaky chair?)
Jim calls Pam at 5:20pm, and the window next to Jim'southward desk shows that it is still light out. By the fourth dimension the conversation ends, it is dark. Sunset in Stamford at that time of year is around 6pm, and twilight lasts about a one-half 60 minutes, then it was at least 6:30pm, possibly subsequently, when they finally stopped chatting. According to the DVD commentary, the conversation lasted three hours.
Pam offers to await in line for Michael, just he says he has to order a very specific pretzel. Later, when he is at the front of the line, he orders a pretzel with everything on it.
This episode marks the first advent of Mose Schrute. In this episode, he seems normal. His sheltered personality wasn't adopted until later episodes.
This is the first time Stanley respects Michael equally opposed to beingness openly hostile towards him when he high fives Michael after sending Phyllis to the dorsum of the line.
Andy mouths forth when Jim is singing and continues to sing in a talking caput. Andy's passion for music is seen consistently with his appearances in future episode.

Agreeable details

The man third backside Michael in line widens his optics and bites his lip as the pretzel vendor lists the pretzel toppings.
Dwight forgets that he and Ryan were supposed to be on a sales call until Ryan reminds him.
Ryan is consistently unable to make a auction.
Dwight tells Ryan that they are losing business to the "online paper jerks", peradventure giving Ryan the idea for Dunder Mifflin Infinity.
Michael asks Pam if information technology is AM or PM. Information technology would exist impossible for the office staff to enter the office any earlier than 9am equally seen in "Happy Hour".
There is a red marking on Michael'southward left cheek from falling asleep.

Behind the scenes

B.J. Novak (Ryan) was assigned this episode to write because it was a Ryan-focused episode.^[1] ^:51:23
The scenes in the beet fields were filmed at existent beet fields in the Underwood family farm in Moorpark.^[1] ^:08:17
The other scenes at Dwight's beet subcontract were was shot at the the Gilt Oak Ranch, besides known as the Disney Ranch, a big outdoor filming location.^[1] ^:03:58 Information technology is conveniently located inside the 30-mile zone.
The scene at the bar after the failed sale was also shot at the Disney Ranch. The house was originally congenital for the Peewee Herman show, but was converted to a bar.^[1] ^:07:08
The Axelrod sign was hung on a building next to the parking lot for the production trailers for the scenes at Underwood family unit farm. The owners and property managing director enthusiastically agreed to exist the victim of the egg-throwing prank. The production crew cleaned the building afterward.^[1] ^:01:20:01
Every production that films at the Disney Ranch must hire a ophidian wrangler due to the history of rattlesnakes on the property.^[i] ^:06:29 B.J. Novak says that the snake wrangler plant a rattlesnake in the graveyard (deleted scene) right away. Novak suspects that the wrangler planted the snake.^[2]
The squeaky chair subplot was non in the original script. It may have been inspired by a broken chair that Oscar Nunez and Angela Kinsey would secretly saddle each other with.^[1] ^:18:23
During the start season, show creator Greg Daniels took the writers to visit various existent offices (including a paper company) to become inspiration for stories. Writer B.J. Novak remembers that one office had a morale-boosting popcorn day, which the employees were excited about, and that's what inspired Pretzel Day.^[1] ^:26:07
The show ordered 100 pretzels from Wetzel's Pretzels. Only a few of them were used for the shoot, and the remainders were fed to the cast and crew.^[1] ^:28:46
John Krasinski had difficulty keeping a direct face in the scene where Andy starts singing "Lovefool".^[2]
When Kelly shares her concerns about Ryan with Angela, Angela is eating popcorn, not a pretzel. This popcorn was likely left over from the filming of the opening scene of "The Insurrection".^[ane] ^:35:03
The script called for Michael to fall comatose on a koosh ball,^[two] and for him to wake upward with marks on his face.^[1] ^:forty:48
The conversation between Jim and Pam was filmed over a live phone line, with ii sets of cameras running simultaneously. This was Randall Einhorn's first time as a director, and he didn't realize when he fabricated that request what an enormous logistical nightmare it would be. The two sets are in unlike buildings, so cabling had to be constructed to connect them, and a director'southward station with video monitors constructed in the parking lot.^[1] ^:44:32
Rainn Wilson improvised the "constitute my seed in y'all" line, and B.J. Novak improvised the answer.^[1] ^:55:25 The line "Where are all the animals?" was also improvised.^[1] ^:01:13:12
The script called for Dwight to make a foreign salute. Rainn Wilson came up with something he felt was reminiscent of how German soldiers would salute the Kaiser in Globe War I.^[ane] ^:01:11:21 Spoiler: Dwight uses the same salute to bid goodbye to the office in "Traveling Salesmen".
There was a card in the writers room with the idea "Jim and Pam's phone call". B.J. Novak wanted Jim and Pam's phone call to last the entire twenty-four hours.^[1] ^{:01:08:eighteen}
Writer Michael Schur spent three months growing Mose's cervix bristles. He asked if he could just wear a fake beard, simply Greg Daniels insisted that people would find the difference. Mose was added at the last infinitesimal to a scene in a later on episode, and nobody noticed the simulated beard.^[1] ^:mm:ss
B.J. Novak had to chug ii or three false beers for the scene in the bar.<^[1] ^:01:21:16

Cultural references

Getting to 2nd base is adolescent slang based on the rules of baseball. The details vary, but 2nd base is mostly considered to exist fondling.
Michael's conversation with Mr. Coselli begins by playing with his name and calling him The Cos, the nickname for comedian Beak Cosby. He the proceeds to mimic the voice of 1 of Cosby's characters, Fatty Albert, adding "I love Jell-O Pudding Pops" (Cosby recorded advertisements for the frozen treat). He then talked about "my son Theo", referring to the son of Cliff Huxtable, a graphic symbol portrayed by Nib Cosby on the television sitcom The Cosby Prove. At the end of the day, Michael briefly does a Bill Cosby impression when he says "with the Jell-O."
Dwight tries to take Ryan snatch a beet seed from his hand in reference to Kung Fu.
To constitute 1'southward seed in someone is old-fashioned slang for insemination.
Bull crap is a less vulgar term for bullsh*t, significant "nonsense", typically nonsense that is made-upward or intentionally misleading.
Kelly chatters with Michael in line virtually the plot to Lazy Sunday, a rap song performed on the sketch one-act program Sat Night Live. Sentry information technology here.
Mary is a traditional girl'south name and is also used pejoratively to signal that a man is behaving like a girl. (The name Nancy is used in Britain for this same purpose.)
Michael says I'll be back! in the style of Arnold Schwarzenegger'due south character in The Terminator.
Ryan tells Dwight that he was in a frat (short for fraternity) in college. Higher fraternities are known for elaborate initiation rituals in which new members are humiliated.
Dwight asks Ryan near the purpose of the DHARMA Initiative. This is a reference to an organization in the popular ABC Network serial Lost.
The detail Mose whittled is a replica of the Venus of Willendorf.
Michael listens to Rock And Roll Part 2 past Gary Glitter in his role after eating the pretzel.
Deal or No Deal and Let's Make a Deal are game shows. What is the bargain? is slang for "What is the explanation?" and is often used every bit an expression of frustration.
The beverage Ryan and Dwight have after the failed sales phone call is a Boilermaker. They utilize the "depth charge" technique of dropping the shot into the beer glass and consuming the combined drink at one go.
Fantasy Football is a game in which participants build a team past selecting professional football game players and earn points based on the performance of those players.
Mavis Beacon is the fictional typing instructor in the Mavis Buoy Teaches Typing serial of computer programs.
In the moving-picture show 28 Days, Sandra Bullock plays a adult female struggling confronting alcoholism. The flick 28 Days Later is a post-apocalyptic horror movie. Blockbuster is a chain of movie rental stores.
Michael says that sometimes he is in the zone, an idiom for what is known equally a flow state, pregnant that he is totally focused. Just sometimes he is zoning out, significant that he is disengaged from the situation and not paying attention.
When Michael reads his log in a deleted scene, he says, "Light salad, three points." The Weight Watchers diet plan assigns points to diverse foods.
Mose Schrute wrestling Ryan references the picture show Batman Begins where Bruce Wayne masters fear and Batman battling the Scarecrow.

Cast

Chief cast

Steve Carell every bit Michael Scott
Rainn Wilson as Dwight Schrute
John Krasinski equally Jim Halpert
Jenna Fischer every bit Pam Beesly
B.J. Novak equally Ryan Howard

Supporting bandage

Melora Hardin every bit January Levinson
Leslie David Bakery equally Stanley Hudson
Brian Baumgartner equally Kevin Malone
Kate Flannery equally Meredith Palmer
Mindy Kaling every bit Kelly Kapoor
Angela Kinsey equally Angela Martin
Paul Lieberstein every bit Toby Flenderson
Phyllis Smith as Phyllis Lapin

Recurring cast

Ed Helms as Andy Bernard
Rashida Jones as Karen Filippelli
Creed Bratton as Creed Bratton
Charles Esten as Josh Porter
Michael Schur as Mose Schrute
Bobby Ray Shafer every bit Bob Vance

Guest cast

Thomas F. Evans equally Pretzel Vendor
Marcus A. York every bit Baton Merchant (vocalisation) (uncredited)

References

↑ ^ane.00 ^i.01 ^1.02 ^1.03 ^1.04 ^one.05 ^1.06 ^1.07 ^1.08 ^1.09 ^one.10 ^1.eleven ^1.12 ^1.13 ^1.14 ^1.15 ^1.16 ^1.17 ^1.18 Kinsey, Angela and Jenna Fischer. Episode 33: Initiation with B.J. Novak and Rainn Wilson. "Office Ladies" podcast, June 24, 2020.
↑ ^ii.0 ^ii.i ^2.2 DVD commentary

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